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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 129: I. Kinship

Book Two: FAMILY LAW › Part One: LAW OF MARRIAGE › Chapter One: MARRIAGE › Division Two: CAPACITY TO MARRY AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE A. Conditions of capacity

Marriage is prohibited between the following persons:

1. Between ascendants and descendants; between siblings; between uncles and aunts (paternal or maternal) and their nephews and nieces,

2. Between one spouse and the ascendants or descendants of the other, even if the marriage that created the relationship by affinity has ended,

3. Between the adopter and the adoptee, or between one of them and the descendants or spouse of the other.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 129 · I. Hısımlık

Aşağıdaki kimseler arasında evlenme yasaktır:

1. Üstsoy ile altsoy arasında; kardeşler arasında; amca, dayı, hala ve teyze ile yeğenleri arasında,

2. Kayın hısımlığı meydana getirmiş olan evlilik sona ermiş olsa bile, eşlerden biri ile diğerinin üstsoyu veya altsoyu arasında,

3. Evlât edinen ile evlâtlığın veya bunlardan biri ile diğerinin altsoyu ve eşi arasında.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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